In oral and maxillofacial surgery, local anesthesia is used in exodontia, minor oral surgical procedures and in some major surgical procedures.Without vasoconstrictors local anesthetic agents can p...
Cancer is a condition which claims the lives of thousands of people each year in which oral cancer has one of the worst survival rates, due to difficulty in early detection. Less than 50% of patien...
The oral cavity is the site of many diseases. An adequate diagnosis is essential as these lesions may vary in nature from simple to life threatening ones. The oral mucous membrane is a unique tiss...
Dental professionals are exposed to a wide variety of microorganisms in blood and saliva of the patients. These microorganisms can cause infectious diseases. "Prevention is better than cure" - Th...
A number of lesions that affect the jaws typically display multinucleated giant cells as one of their histopathologic components. Such a list would include infectious granulo¬matous processes, resp...
Conservative dentistry deals with clinical practice of dentistry in clinical studies day by day new advancement. New studies related to dental materials and clinical trials are explored. The observ...
HIV/AIDS has long-lasting social and economic consequences on the affected persons. Although the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-infected persons prolongs both the time o...
Oral habits are commonly seen during normal development .They are acquired during infancy or may begin in childhood. They usually result due to lack of harmony between child and his environment. So...
Retention of the expanded suture is an interesting issue in orthodontics. Some researchers have evaluated many substances on osteogenesis of the expanding suture. Vitamin C is known as an essential...
The book is a compilation of a laboratory-based translational research series done on whole blood viscosity (WBV). The theoretical framework is based on WBV being synonymous to blood stasis; and th...
Pharmaceutical Technology is versatile research area in the field of Drug Discovery, medicine, biotechnology, and pharmacology. Drug Discovery Technologies has been established to provide comprehen...
The current treatment modalities of periodontal diseases is non-specific and centered to mechanical debridement (surgical or non surgical) along with antibiotics. Therapy is costly and painful and ...
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) also termed epidermoid carcinoma, is a malignant neoplasm that is derived from or exhibits the morphologic features of oral squamous epithelium. In India, the pr...
The burgeoning advances in the domain of science & technology in general and medical field in particular have provided better insight into etiopathogenesis, clinical course, diagnosis, and treatmen...
Early childhood caries - a comprehensive review covers all the aspects of dental caries in children.It introduces the readers to the topic,includes the classification,etiopathogenesis microbiology,...
Menopause is derived from Greek word Men (month) Pausis (cessation).During menopause ovarian follicles are depleted and this is probably secondary to increase in FSH stimulation.Major health proble...
Great numbers of studies have been done on myofibroblasts in recent years. Advancement in diagnostic techniques has permitted accurate identification of this enigmatic cell. Controversies still con...
The world of dentistry is ever evolving. Lasers are one of the recent advances in the field of dentistry. Introduction of laser has made dentistry painless with advantages of minimal bleeding, mini...
The use of lasers in dentistry has increased over the past few years. The first laser was introduced into the fields of medicine and dentistry during the 1960s (Goldman et al., 1964). Since then, t...
Motorcycle is one of the largest means of transportation in Nigeria and many other low and middle income countries globally. Hence the term 'Commercial motorcycle'. It is a means of livelihood for ...